Now, present the following sentences using approximations.

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- (less)

a little, less than, just under

+/ - (about the same)

about, almost, approximately, around, nearly, roughly

+ (more)

just over, well over, so far

1 As Lord May pointed, 1,548 million species of animals had been named since then. _____

2 According to the Water Companies Association (WCA), bottled water costs 687 times more than tap water. _____

3 Train fares have risen by 5.3% in the past two years. _____

4 Over the next three months, the figures continued to rise steadily and reached record levels each month: 11.5% in July, 12.8% in August, and 14.4% in September. _____ _____ _____

5 The World Health Organization receives reports of 3,120 cases annually. _____

6 We have 794 offices in 163 cities worldwide. _____

7 Food production has increased by 102% since 1965._____

8 Audience ratings improved significantly, climbing to 10.7% in May._____

9 There are 358 million cases of malaria a year._____

10 Volcano eruption involved 98 cubic kilometers of material being blown into the sky._____

Read & Reflect     Useful Information

While giving numbers during your presentation, you often need to emphasize the most important points. You can do this by the following ways.

Using a verb (stress, emphasize, etc.):

I’d like to stress / emphasize the following point.

I’d like to draw your attention to the latest figures.

Using what:

What is really important is...

What we should do is talk about...

Making contrasts:

although / despite / however / nevertheless / on the one hand … on the other hand / whereas / while

Rhetorical questions:

What conclusion can we draw from this?

So, what does this mean?

So, how good are the results?

So, how are we going to deal with this increase?

So, where do we go from here?

Why do I say that? Because …

Do we really want to miss this opportunity to …?

adverb + adjective construction:

It would be completely wrong to change our strategy at this point.

I think this fact is extremely important / totally unacceptable / extremely dangerous / absolutely safe / incredibly cheap / highly interesting / absolutely necessary / surprisingly good / completely useless

Describing results:

This was because of …

The unexpected drop was caused by…

as a result / consequently / as a consequence / therefore / thus

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